Task Force 120
What is Task Force 120'
TRADOC formed a special task force from across the Army focused on supporting an affordable Army Modernization Plan that includes the incremental modernization of brigades and operational requirements for a new ground combat vehicle. The task force is charged with leading a comprehensive review of force designs, refining the Brigade Combat Team Modernization Plan, establishing integrated network architectures, and codifying new ground combat vehicle operational requirements.
Why is this important to the Army'
This effort will result in several documents that, taken as a whole, provide the guideposts for the Army to shift to a new BCT Modernization strategy that enhances all BCTs. Two key elements will be delivered this fall:
(1) an updated Army Capstone Concept, and
(2) an affordable, incremental BCT Modernization Plan.
How is Task Force 120 drawing the map'
The task force compiled a list of comprehensive lessons learned from more than seven years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq to inform this process. The group has assessed future operational environment and threats as well as evaluating critical science and technologies. Their approach is both integrated and inclusive, to synchronize force design issues, vehicle mix, and network architecture, while involving stakeholders from across Army schools, centers of excellence, the acquisition community, and USMC. Additionally, the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Chiarelli, sponsored a Blue Ribbon Panel to inform task force efforts, drawing input from joint-service partners, retired general officers, think tank analysts, and representatives from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as well as Army Soldiers and leaders with a wide range of operational experience.
What does the road ahead look like for Army modernization'
The plan will set in motion the continual modernization of all Army BCTs with the delivery of new Capability Packages every few years - growing, adapting, and improving the capabilities provided to Soldiers. The Army will also decide to sustain, improve, or divest current tracked and wheeled vehicles based upon their operational value, capabilities shortfalls, and resources available. Decisions on current vehicles are part of the integrated assessment for developing and fielding the new ground combat vehicle. BCT commanders will have a combination of platforms (e.g. MRAPs, fighting vehicles, etc.) from which to task organize for specific missions.
The Army will continue to push the technological envelope and respond to changes in the operational environment, incorporating both the most mature technologies available and the most recent lessons learned into each capability package. This will allow the Army to get the best capabilities in the hands of the most Soldiers as soon as possible.
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